Dietitian Malpractice
Insurance
Whether you offer services from home or a clinical setting,
Dietitian Liability Insurance is essential to the well-being of your business.
What is Dietitian
Liability Insurance?
As a Dietitian, you provide an invaluable service. Yet, like any business, there is risk involved. Think of Dietitian Liability Insurance as protection for your peace of mind.
Mistakes can happen and disrupt the flow of your business in a matter of minutes. Professional Liability Insurance for Dietitians protects against risks associated with the services you provide, including treatment-related injuries.
What Does Dietitian Liability Insurance Cover?
At the very least, a comprehensive Dietitian Liability Insurance policy should include:
- General Dietitian Liability Insurance (a.k.a. Commerical General Liability Insurance)
This is the go-to Dietitian Liability Insurance that every dietitian should have regardless of training or experience. A General Dietitian Liability Insurance policy protects dietitians against third party claims, such as a slip-and-fall injury. - Dieitian Malpractice Insurance
Dietitian Malpractice Insurance is a type of Professional Liability Insurance for dietitians, which protects dietitians against claims related to professional activities, such as treatment-related or advice-related injuries.
Talk to your broker about customizing your Dietitian Liability Insurance policy to include additional types of coverage.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, all of our insurance providers and Dietitian Liability Insurance policies are association-approved.
Dietitian Malpractice Insurance is a type of Professional Liability Insurance for dietitians. Due to the nature of your work, your treatment or advice to a client may lead to accidental bodily injuries, for which you could be liable.
No. If you conduct sessions from home, any accidents or damages resulting from your professional activities will not be covered by your home insurance. It is highly recommended that you have both General Dietitian Liability Insurance and Dietitian Malpractice Insurance. If you want to protect your property from damages, talk to your broker about adding Commercial Property Insurance to your coverage.
Dietitian Liability Insurance provides coverage for employees of a business, but independent practitioners who are renting space are not covered by the facility’s insurance policy. If you are an independent dietitan or work from home, consider purchasing Dietitian Liability Insurance to protect yourself from being held liable for injuries that happen during your sessions.
Yes. Dietitian Malpractice Insurance can protect you where a waiver won’t. Waivers are not always enforceable forms of protection in a court of law. For that reason, it is best to cover your bases and include a Dietitian Malpractice Insurance policy in your risk management strategy.
How Much Does Dietitian
Liability Insurance Cost?
How much your Dietitian Liability Insurance policy costs depends on several factors, such as:
- Years of experience
- Level of education or training
- Types of services offered
We’ve partnered with Canada’s largest insurance companies to provide the most competitve Dietitian Liability Insurance rates for you.
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Common Dietitian Malpractice
Claims in Canada
Supplement Error
You recommend a dietary supplement to a patient, which contains an herb that interacts negatively with their medication and causes an adverse reaction.
Food Poisoning
A long-term care patient suffers from severe food poisoning under your supervision, which results in illness and an extended hospital visit.
Failure to Inform
You fail to advise a client to follow a low sodium diet following a heart attack. As a result, they suffer severe medical complications.
